Cars, Man

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C8.R engine note=== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMerEZYwMnQ&feature=emb_logo

try to guess the engine displacement on that engine note:thinking: high revving 5L??

The 2020 Daytona 24h starts on Jan.25th on NBC channels

 

[boo5ted]

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C8.R engine note=== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMerEZYwMnQ&feature=emb_logo

try to guess the engine displacement on that engine note:thinking: high revving 5L??

The 2020 Daytona 24h starts on Jan.25th on NBC channels

Please be the Blackwing, please be the Blackwing.


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Nope, 5.5L DOHC flat plane crank V8.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.caranddriver.com/news/amp29429819/chevy-corvette-c8-r-engine/

 

[StarHalo]

Sold; $3.74 million.

 

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[Chauncey Gardiner]

^ Very cool! nsa

 

[StarHalo]

Phrase of the day: "Rocking Horse." Do you like loud New York wiseguys in back alleys? Do you hate '00s SUVs?

 

[StarHalo]

Split the chassis and double the fun

 

[StarHalo]

So what's the deal with the Japanese wide body Porsches? A quick jaunt to 140 mph might explain it..

 

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EV Hummer

1,000 HP and 11,500 LB-FT



let that torque number sink-in a bit,,, holy

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Let the good times ROLL!!!

 

[StarHalo]

Let the good times ROLL!!!

They'll rock it for a couple of years and then need a larger location. Funny to think that the story for ages has been how race tracks are dying, the key to swinging the pendulum the other way turns out to be internet videos..

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

They'll rock it for a couple of years and then need a larger location. Funny to think that the story for ages has been how race tracks are dying, the key to swinging the pendulum the other way turns out to be internet videos..

Our two local tracks died when new housing developments were built adjacent them, people moved in knowing full well the tracks were noisy, then filed complaints with the county about the noise. :banned:

 

[SCEMan]

Funny to think that the story for ages has been how race tracks are dying..

So true. I still miss the great times I had watching IMSA races at Riverside International Raceway

 

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So true. I still miss the great times I had watching IMSA races at Riverside International Raceway

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Nothing will top the days of the GTP cars,

..one of the very best engine notes I felt in person was the V12 Jag

 

[SCEMan]

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Nothing will top the days of the GTP cars,
..one of the very best engine notes I felt in person was the V12 Jag

So true. I remember the battles between the Porsche 962 V6 turbos of Al Holbert and the Jaguar V12s. The Jaguar would dominate the twisty parts but ultimately the 962 turbo would pull away on the straights. Amazing racing. In '86 I was sitting in the stands at turn 6 at Riverside for the horrific 3-car crash (Corvette/Ford Probe/Jaguar) that sent Chip Robinson's Jaguar airborne and destroyed it. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt.

 

[StarHalo]

Car physics simulators are now so realistic that they can be entertaining just to watch:

 

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Tesla stock had gone absolutely vertical in the last several weeks (why could be a debate battery advancement maybe)

With the stock ownership Elon Musk has in Tesla,, he has become $500,000,000 per day* richer since the new year.





*yes, per day
wonder what that comes out per minute?

 

[StarHalo]

Tesla stock had gone absolutely vertical in the last several weeks (why could be a debate

Q4/holiday results; I made as much from my Amazon stock as I did my Amazon job on Q4-annoucement Friday.

In other news, C8 Corvette production has started. Meanwhile over at Ford:

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Q4/holiday results; I made as much from my Amazon stock as I did my Amazon job on Q4-annoucement Friday.

:goodjob: That is awesome! :twothumbs

 

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wish I put $5000 in Tesla 10 years ago, so I could sell it & buy a Nikola Badger

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